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.. We long for home because at present we are not home. Yet God’s careful eye is on even the sparrow, God’s Spirit on our trail, willing that one day we shall get there. There will be moments in our lives when Jesus’s words to his disciples seem more a command than a comfort: “Do not let your hearts be troubled,” he said in John 14:1. But whether a command or gentle words comfort, it is still a helpful imperative, and at that, it is an imperative that points to a truth beyond our situation. What must Christ be like if he can tell us not to let our hearts be troubled on the eve of his own violent death? Who is this God we follow, this God who knows every sparrow and hair on our heads?
Comments from Rich Reich in today's LIFE Devotions Group: God loves to hear that we need Him. What parent doesn't love to hear that their child needs their help? God loves it when we put our pride aside and show our humility in asking Him for help. I believe that God sometimes gives us little challenges in our lives to remind us that we need Him. We may not know what we truly need when we ask for God's help, but God knows us and our needs better than we do. Then you might ask, "why should we pray when God already knows what we want?” My response is that prayer is not about informing God what our needs are. Instead prayer is for our benefit, not God’s benefit. Prayer is to prepare our heart for what God wishes to give us. Lord, I pray that You give us today our daily bread and that we prepare our hearts to receive it. Amen.
Chad's Comments: I think it is possible that prayer is about understanding our relationship with and to God. I'm thankful that I recognize my need for Him.
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Jay recently shared this comment about 'Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled': the story let not your heart be troubled hits home to me as it was just last labor day weekend that we lost my mother or rather she went with the lord that day,When she was told by the doctors that she could be kept alive on the c path machine which had he stressed out and vary uncomfortable to put in mildly asked her if she under stood and she nodded her head yes, i then asked her if she believed in Jesus ,again she shook her head yes ,and i told her if she took the mask off she would be with him that day ,A total look of relief over took her and she took the mask off and she became vary calm and was able to talk and asked for a coke and we had time to gather the entire family and one of her closet friends, plus the hospital minister, we all took turns telling her goodbye and prayed with her as she slipped away us to start her new life in heaven, but i remembered the ministers words today ,let not your hearts be troubled, for in my fathers house is many rooms, if it wasn't true i would not tell you this, p.s it was good for me right to tell this story even if i cried most of the way through it, not that my heart is troubled but for the glorious fat that awaited my mom and all that believe in him. God bless you all.
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